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Ali Jehangir Siddiqui: Pakistan’s Ambassador-At-Large

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Ali Jehangir Siddiqui was appointed in an honorary capacity, as Ambassador-at-Large regarding foreign investment. In this position he will be performing special duties not linked to a specific country.


Ali Jehangir Siddiqui is Pakistan’s ambassador-at-large for foreign investment. Previously, he served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States.


An ambassador-at-large is given special duties and not appointed to a particular country.


It is pertinent to mention here that Siddiqui's  as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States in the previous government had been met with severe criticism from Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, which was in the opposition at the time.


It had been argued at the time that Siddiqui did not have any prior experience regarding diplomatic missions and alleged that he had accountability cases pending against him.


Siddiqui’s recent appointment shows that he is skillful as PM Imran Khan chose him on merit & his business sense.


According to NAB, a foreign company, Fairtal SRL, Sweden, was used for the deal, which suffered losses along with its shareholders.


There are also allegations that the shares of a company named Agritech Limited were sold to various financial and government institutions at a price higher than the market rate to settle loan defaults. This resulted in a loss of Rs40 billion to various financial and government institutions.


He is an investor and entrepreneur. His father is Jahangir Siddiqui, well known Pakistani entrepreneur & businessman, whilst his mother, Mahvash Siddiqui is a philanthropist and university professor.


Reference 

https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ali-jehangir-siddiqui/

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